Nature trivia
Name a type of fern
“Name a type of fern” is one of 98 nature prompts in Icillion. Of its 81 accepted answers, 7 are the ones nearly everyone says first; the rest sink deeper the rarer they are.
The tip of the iceberg
Say one of these and you stay near the surface, with 10 points.
- Bracken
- Boston fern
- Maidenhair fern
- Tree fern
- Staghorn fern
- Hart's-tongue fern
- Royal fern
One step down
Second thoughts land here, at 25 points:
- Ostrich fern
- Lady fern
- Male fern
- Hard fern
- Polypody
- Common polypody
- Bird's nest fern
- Sword fern
- Christmas fern
- Cinnamon fern
- Interrupted fern
- Sensitive fern
- Bladder fern
- Holly fern
- Shield fern
- Wood fern
- Buckler fern
- Spleenwort
- Maidenhair spleenwort
- Wall rue
- Rustyback
- Harts tongue
- Giant chain fern
- Netted chain fern
- Licorice fern
- Rabbit's foot fern
- Hare's foot fern
- Button fern
- Asparagus fern
- Cretan brake
- Silver brake
- Pteris
- Table fern
- Ribbon fern
- Elkhorn fern
- Water fern
- Azolla
- Mosquito fern
- Water clover
- Marsilea
- Pillwort
Answers by level
- The Tip7 answers · 10 ptsBracken · Boston fern · Maidenhair fern
- Below the Surface41 answers · 25 ptsOstrich fern · Lady fern · Male fern …
- The Deep22 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss10 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 22 answers starting with A, B, C, D, H, K, M, P, S, T and W. The Abyss has 10 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Facts about this list
- 81 answers in total, 60 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Hapuu”. Longest: “Matteuccia struthiopteris”.
- C, S and B are the most common first letters; together they start 31% of the answers.
How to go deeper
- Start with C: 9 of the answers begin with it.
- Bracken, Boston fern and Maidenhair fern are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
- Go local: species from one continent or one ocean are often left out by everybody else.
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Quick answers
- What do most people say for “Name a type of fern”?
- The usual first answers are Bracken, Boston fern, Maidenhair fern, Tree fern and Staghorn fern. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name a type of fern”?
- 81 in all: 7 on The Tip, 41 Below the Surface, 22 in The Deep, 10 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name a type of fern” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Hapuu” and the longest is “Matteuccia struthiopteris”.
- How hard is “Name a type of fern”?
- Easy. Nearly everyone can name something here, so prompts like this one can appear in the daily iceberg.
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How deep does your knowledge go?
Seven prompts a day, twenty seconds each. Obvious answers float on the tip of the iceberg; rare ones sink all the way to the trench.
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